Valerie Amos, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator has said that over a million individuals in Libya are in need of aid. This announcement comes as some states call for a no-fly zone. To read more,…
Read more »Ryan Smith has been called as the new Presbyterian representative to the United Nations on the staff of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. Ryan brings experience working in faith-based non-governmental organizations in the United Nations community and Washington….
Read more »Several times the question “What did I learn?” was posed to participants (young people and adults alike) in the Fab Five Seminar on climate change and its impacts at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. At the closing of…
Read more »How is climate change affecting the earth and its creatures? How is climage change affecting the human family? How are women affected by climate change? What is the work of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees – UNHCR? How…
Read more »From Refugees International: Khartoum/Washington, DC – As the final results of South Sudan’s referendum for independence are confirmed, 22,000 southerners are stranded on the side of the road in and around Khartoum still waiting for transportation to the South. On…
Read more »December 18th has been designated International Migrants Day by the United Nations. Download A Liturgy for International Migrants Day and other resources created for this day by the Rev. Dr. Claudio Carvalhaes, professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at the…
Read more »The Jordan Times reports that attacks against Christians in Iraq has led many Christians to flee to Jordan. Christianity in Iraq dates from the apostolic era. Presbyterians have engaged in ministry with the people of Iraq since the early 1800s….
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